Atkinsoniella opponens ( Walker, 1851 )

Naveed, Hassan & Zhang, Yalin, 2018, Newly recorded leafhoppers of the subfamily Cicadellinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) with description of a new species from Pakistan, Zootaxa 4504 (2), pp. 285-295 : 287

Atkinsoniella opponens ( Walker, 1851) n. rec.

Figs. 1A , E–G

Tettigonia opponens Walker, 1851: 757 ; Tettigoniella bellona Distant, 1908: 212 ; Tettigoniella marpessa Distant, 1908: 215 ; Kolla canidia Distant, 1908: 226 ; Kolla maculifrons Schmidt, 1911: 295 ; Kolla maculifrons similis Schmidt, 1911: 296 ; Kolla trimaculata Schmidt, 1911: 297 ; Tettigoniella cuprea Melichar, 1914: 128 ; Kolla tigrina Distant, 1918: 9 ; Kolla melichari China, 1935: 305 ; Atkinsoniella opponens (Walker) : Young, 1986: 97; Atkinsoniella triguttata Zhang & Kuoh, 1993: 9 .

Length. Male: 5.5–6.2mm; female: 6.1–6.9mm.

Material Examined. 11♂, 1♀, Pakistan: Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Rawlakot , 1638m, 7 August 2017, Coll. Hassan Naveed. 7♂, 9♀, Murree Hills 2000m, 12 August 2017, coll. Hassan Naveed.

Remarks. This species can be distinguished by the crown with extensive markings and aedeagal shaft narrowed anteapically and broader at apex laterally.

Distribution. Borneo, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Vietnam, West Indonesia.

Figures

FIGURE 1A, E–G. Atkinsoniella opponens (Walker, 1851) n. rec. A. habitus, dorsal view E. pygofer, lateral view F. connective, style, subgenital plates and valve, dorsal view G. aedeagus, lateral view; B, H–I. Atkinsoniella thalia (Distant, 1918) n. rec. B. habitus, dorsal view H. connective, style, subgenital plates and valve, dorsal view I. aedeagus, lateral view; C. Cofana unimaculata (Signoret, 1854); D. Cofana spectra (Distant, 1908).